La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4621
Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session, Acts 3, and 6-86
When one of the co-owners of property sought to be partitioned is an absentee, the partition may be effected by licitation or by private sale, as provided in this Chapter, whether the property is divisible in kind or not.
La. C.P. § 4621